When love could teach a monarch to be wise, And gospel-light first dawn'd from Bullen's eyes. — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
If inheritance tax were to be introduced for the monarch, it would mean slowly slicing away the royal assets. — Sarah Bradford Copy Share Image
We fought a revolution to free ourselves from arbitrary power and the whims of a monarch. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women. — Kirsty Gallacher Copy Share Image
Nature rejects the monarch, not the man; the subject, not the citizen... The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
What I see is a grown-up recognition of democracy in this country, that we still have a monarch that plays his part. — Lindsay Hoyle Copy Share Image
“Every monarch in the world, except the Emperor of China, wears a military uniform, and bestows the greatest rewards on the man… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I am neither young nor callow and the people need only a strong monarch to rule them, not a male one. And… — Jennifer McGowan Copy Share Image
The Windsor monarchy is held in just awe. The whole process of criticism of the personal behaviour of the monarch is put… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
“The anarch, as I have expounded elsewhere, is the pendant to the monarch; he is as sovereign as the monarch, and also… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
Consequently, the value and importance of the monarchic idea cannot reside in the person of the monarch himself except if Heaven decides… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“..parasites seldom altogether abandon a monarch so long as the crown still glitters on his head. (“The Story of Prince Alasi and… — William Beckford Copy Share Image
I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
“As with their fashions, so is it with their customs and style of living: French manners change with the age of the… — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
In Mesopotamia or Egypt, for example, the monarch had a god-like religious status. But this is not the case in Judaism. So… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
The the relationship between the prime minister and the monarch is very much a personal one and when it comes to the… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
“You must never forget that dealing with a monarch is not like dealing with an ordinary man,” Ibn Sina said. “A king… — Noah Gordon Copy Share Image
“My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me,… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Power makes you a monarch, and all the fancy robes in the world won't do the job without it. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
A constitutional monarchy requires the monarch to be above politics but to be fully informed about politics. — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
“Its monarch, the ManiKongo, was chosen by an assembly of clan leaders. Like his European counterparts, he” — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
A monarch should be ever intent on conquest, lest his neighbours rise in arms against him. — Akbar Copy Share Image
I will be a wise and tolerant monarch, dispencing justice fairly, and only setting nightmares to rip out the winds of the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
A monarch frequently represents his subjects better that an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character he is… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
I had no monarch in my life, and cannot rule myself; and when I try to organize, my little force explodes and… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Perhaps he saw it as a demonstration of the power of the state—all that military might being displayed in honour of the… — Joanna Chambers Copy Share Image
Hercules King of Rome and of Annemark, three times one surnamed de Gaulle will lead, Italy and the one of St. Mark… — Nostradamus Copy Share Image
The President wants me to argue that he is as powerful a monarch as Louis XIV, only four years at a time,… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“My mind to me a kingdom is." I am rightful monarch; and, God to aid, I will not be dethroned by any… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I had breathed in the atmosphere created by Henri Christophe, the monarch of incredible aims, much more surprising than all the kings… — Alejo Carpentier Copy Share Image
A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between crimes; when… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it,… — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
